July 31 - Minot Memories - American Cafe

posted by Dave Lehner -

Jul 31, 2017

American Café – The American Café opened in September of 1922 in the Scofield Block on Main Street by a Chinese-American named Louis Lolling. The menu featured Special Chow Mein at 25 cents a plate and Lobster Egg Foo Yung at 55 cents a plate. Mr Lolling, while looking for an employee at the Dakotah Hotel, 60 South Main, was arrested in an opium raid. After convincing authorities that he was just looking for an employee, charges were dropped. However, Lolling became discouraged with Minot, sold his new café and left Minot in 1924.